• Blog Trivia

• Samples of what your students can already do
  • http://alysonbrownplcs.blogspot.com/index.html -- individual blog with comments - EDU 402 Philosophy and History of Education
  • http://middleschooled2007.blogspot.com/index.html -- team blog - EDU 262 Middle Level Education
  • http://apbubddi.blogspot.com/index.html -- team blog with comments - EDU 221 Curriculum and Assessment
  • http://practicumandrea.blogspot.com/search/label/Fires -- specific individual blog entries sorted using labels - EDU 221 Classroom Management
  • http://scenariosblock2sp07.blogspot.com/ -- blog for group discussion - EDU 221 Classroom Management

• Ways to allow students to continue to integrate these tools into their learning
  • http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com/blogging -- blog resources by Wes Fryer
  • http://blogtools.wetpaint.com/?t=anon -- using blogtools in education
  • http://www.edtech.sandi.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=195&Itemid=354&limit=1&limitstart=0 -- types of classroom blogging, research about blogging, and more about blogs in education

• How to begin to use these tools
  • http://blogger.com -- create a blog account
  • http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs -- top 100 blogs about education
  • Classroom Blogging: 2nd Edition by David Warlick (ISBN: 1-4116-2903-5) — One of the first books for teachers about blogging and other Web 2.0 applications
  • Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century by David Warlick (ISBN 1 58683 130 5) — a succinct model for literacy skills in a world of networked digital information
  • Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson (ISBN-13: 978-1412927673) -- web tools for the classroom

1. Blogging is about reading and writing.
2. Literacy is about reading and writing.
3. Blogging is about literacy. (dfw)"

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